Spaghetti Alla Bottarga

Spaghetti Alla Bottarga

Serves 4

Ingredients

• Approx 50g bottarga (probably the Sardinian kind, or powder if available)
• 400g spaghetti
• 1 garlic clove
• Knob of butter
• Handful of chopped parsley
• Extra virgin olive oil

Method

1. Cook spaghetti as directed.
2. Pound the garlic clove. Grate in 40g of bottarga and pound some more. Blend in a tablespoon of olive oil.
3. In a pan, melt a knob of butter. Add the bottarga mixture and gently warm through for a minute. DO NOT OVERCOOK.
4. Drain the pasta reserving a tablespoon of the cooking water for the sauce. Add the sauce and stir in the parsley. Dress with olive oil and grate remaining bottarga over.